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Attorney General Brown joins coalition defending immigrant families’ access to health and nutrition support
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown joined a coalition along with other 17 Attorneys General to champion the rights of immigrant families to have access to health care, nutritional support, and other programs to help with their well-being. Brown is in support of President Biden’s administration’s revised version of “public charge” regulations, which…
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How cycling nutrition is made: Behind the scenes with Science in Sport
Every cyclist wants to avoid the dreaded bonk – that moment when energy levels reach zero and your legs turn to jelly. Doing this requires careful fuelling, which can be difficult on long rides when carrying food becomes a dilemma in itself. That’s where dedicated energy products come into the equation, and Science in Sport…
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The gut-brain connection: How nutrition impacts mental health
The gut plays a pivotal role in our overall well-being, encompassing both digestive and immune regulatory functions. At its core, it hosts a diverse ecosystem known as the microbiome, which consistently interacts with the host. This interaction extends beyond the gut itself, impacting various bodily systems, including the immune, metabolic, and nervous systems.What’s intriguing is…
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Lacking This Vitamin May Increase Your Fracture Risk By Up To 48%
Supporting bone health has to be vitamin D’s claim to fame—thanks to its role in aiding calcium absorption. What’s less known is how vitamin D status impacts one’s likelihood of experiencing a break (or fracture) in a bone. Bone fractures are unfortunately a common concern as people get older. With age, bone density and quality…
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How Sports Nutrition Is Made | Inside The Science In Sport (SiS) Factory
Published on October 28th 2023 Share: Science in Sport (SiS) are world leaders in sports nutrition and Conor has been given full access to their factory floor to find out how their GO gels and energy drink mix are made. He also finds out some of the secrets of how these products are created, including…
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Cayuga County Senior Nutrition Program menus for Oct. 30-Nov. 3
MONDAY, OCT. 30: Fried fish, vegetable seasoned rice, carrots, wheat bread, fresh apple TUESDAY, OCT. 31: Spaghetti with meatballs, green beans, tossed salad with dressing, wheat bread, fresh banana WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1: Pepper steak with rice, wax beans, wheat dinner roll, fresh clementine, birthday cake THURSDAY, NOV. 2: Breaded chicken drumstick, seasoned vegetable brown rice,…
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Wild and Wonderful Nutrition cuts ribbon for Mercer Street location
PRINCETON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Thursday to commemorate the grand opening of Wild and Wonderful Nutrition, one of the newest local businesses to make its way to the Princeton area. Friends, family, and community members were joined on Thursday by members of the Princeton Economic Development Authority, as well as…
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Tufts Medical Center to pilot nutrition screening in EHR
By creating food and nutrition insecurity screening within Tufts Medicine’s Epic electronic health record and patient engagement system, the new Tufts University Food is Medicine Institute in Boston and its team of medical, science, technology and health policy collaborators hope to further food is medicine science. They also aim to figure out how to address…
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Structural readiness of health facilities in Mozambique: how is Mozambique positioned to deliver nutrition-specific interventions to women and children? | Published in Journal of Global Health Reports
Malnutrition persists at unacceptably high levels on a global scale.1,2 Worldwide, 20.5 million newborns (14.6% of all live births) have a low weight at birth. Among children under five years of age, 149.2 million are stunted, 45.4 million are wasted (6.7%), and 38.9 million (5.7%) are overweight (5.7%).1,2 Mozambique still experiences a chronic malnutrition burden…
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Clemson University receives funding to improve nutrition and physical activity in South Carolina
October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 Clemson University has received $768,000 in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement the first year of $3.8 million, five-year High Obesity Program (HOP) in rural and underserved areas of South Carolina. The CDC provides HOP funding to universities with cooperative extension services to address…